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Well, I finished my Stats final and got 100% on it, so feeling a bit better about my grasp of statistics. We have one final Excel, Memo, Presentation due next week (team assignment). After several posts in the forums with the instructor and two phone calls, I feel I have a solid understanding of what is expected in this final team assignment. The Excel work is done, so at this point its just writing the paper, creating a simple presentation to present the data to the class, and collecting my final grade. Can’t wait to finish this off. On the other hand, my next class is the Capstone course, and there is a LOT of writing for it. I am hoping we get a good instructor and the assignments are clear (unlike this stats class). Anywho, pretty tired...

Well, I got my worst grade on a paper since returning to school a year and a half ago. Our group paper received an 83%. The facilitator commented that the work was below our normal work, far below the bar we had set for ourselves. They wondered what had caused a drop in the work. My answer is simple. None of us (still) fully understand what she wanted, and what we were supposed to be writing about. The analasis that we did would never be done in the real world because the independent variables do not correlate to the dependent variable at all. So, what hypothesis test would we run for each? The answer: none. However, that’s not the paper they were looking for. The team did its best to determine if the variables DID relate, what hypothesis test would be best...

Well, today was a long day. Several work meetings that just drained me mentally. Then the router at one of our locations here had bad memory (and of course we rebooted it, triggering a memory check). That caused me to drive over to the site to diagnose the problem, then drive back to the office to replace the ram, then back to the site to install, and finally back to the office. Now I have 4 hours of Statistics class (QNT351) to look forward to. As the title says…..long day.

Woot! Thanks to my buddy, we got it all done. Copying went much better than when I tried doing it myself. The website and emails are all working properly, and I’ve had time to go through and play with more WordPress Addons. Now its just up to customizing, and keeping it updated!

New server coming soon. I am currently in the process of setting up and migrating the data from the current server to a new iteration. The new server is fully updated, has all the plugins, and is basically ready to go. Today I upgraded the ram from 1g to 6g. Not sure there is any particular reason to do so as the server doesn’t really do much, but the ram was sitting around, so why not? Everything is ready for the data migration which I hope to get to in the near future, but to make sure I don’t FUBAR it again, I’m waiting on the availability of a friend who works with Linux much more regularly than I do to lend a hand.

Well, you probably don’t know me very well, but I am not a huge “Fantasy XXX” fan. The primary reason is I grew up loving specific teams (San Francisco 49ers and the Boston Celtics due to family members). I have always viewed fantasy as a way to cheapen the game, make people follow players rather than teams. Both of these sports have a heavy emphasis on team play rather than individual accolades, and I have always felt that fantasy drove fans the wrong direction. However, this NBA season, several people I play basketball with in a city league convinced me to try out fantasy basketball. This was my first time dipping my toes into the fantasy waters and I learned that I knew almost nothing about the world of fantasy...